condor

con·dor  (kndôr, -dr)

n.

1. Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California, having a bare head and neck and dull black plumage containing variable amounts of white. With a wingspan of about three meters (ten feet), they are the largest birds in the Western Hemisphere.

2. A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures.

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[Spanish cóndor, from Quechua cuntur.]

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condor

Noun

a very large rare S American vulture [S American Indian kuntur]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

condor - the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere cathartid, New World vulture - large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures Andean condor, Vultur gryphus - large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff California condor, Gymnogyps californianus - North American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct